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Lock 15, Stourbridge

Type: Navigation Closure

Waterway(s): Stourbridge Canal

From: 17 July 2025, 9:20am

To: 21 July 2025, 11:48am inclusive

Region: West Midlands

Reason: Repair

Subject to review on: 22 July 2025

Location

Closest waterwayStourbridge Canal
Starts atLock 15, Stourbridge
Ends atLock 15, Stourbridge
Upstream winding holeWordsley Jct
Downstream winding holeBottom of the locks

Descriptions

Update 18 July 2025, 9:27am

Our team will be carrying out further works to the cill over the weekend. Subject to satisfactory concrete curing times, we are aiming to reopen the navigation on Monday or Tuesday. We will provide a further update as soon as we are able to confirm a reopening date and time.

Thank you for your continued patience.

Update 17 July 2025, 5:10pm

Navigation remains closed at Lock 15. Our team attended site today to assess the situation, and it has been determined that further work is required to complete the repair safely and effectively.

We will provide a further update tomorrow with details of a repair plan.

Original 17 July 2025, 9:27am

Please be advised that navigation is currently closed at Lock 15 on the Stourbridge Canal due to damage to the bottom end cill.

Our Operations team is heading to the site and aims to carry out repairs today. We will provide an update as soon as more information becomes available.

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